bûcher

== French == === Alternative forms === bucher (1990 reform spelling) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /by.ʃe/ === Etymology 1 === From bûche +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== bûcher m (plural bûchers) woodshed (enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood) pyre (funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned) stake (pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned) (in the plural) the flames of Hell === Etymology 2 === From bûche +‎ -er. ==== Verb ==== bûcher to hew (informal) to slug away, to hit the books ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “bûcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012